Florida's Lake County Bicycle Alliance is using a billboard campaign to humanize cyclists for passing motorists.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/10/bike-safety-billboard/
Santa Rosa seems to be one of the few cities in California to know, for sure, that it's going to be a host city on the 2010 Tour of California bike race.
The city's Chamber of Commerce chief confirmed to the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat that the bike race would return to Santa Rosa for the fifth time in a row.
Meanwhile, organizers are still putting together the list of other host cities for the 8-stage tour. The race better be a doozy, because it's going up against the Giro d'Italia. The Tour announced earlier …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/10/santa-rosa-to-host-tour-of-california-stage-again-in-2010/
An updated edition of “Major Taylor, The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World” by Andrew Ritchie may start a discussion of who is America's greatest cyclist.
Although this summer's book by John Wilcockson calls Lance Armstrong “The World's Greatest Champion,” you can make the argument that Marshall “Major” Taylor should hold that title, at least during his time.
Armstrong survived cancer to go on to win 7 Tours de France, but Taylor also became a champion in spite of huge obstacles.
As an African-American setting records in cycling at the turn of the century, Major Taylor faced incredible discrimination and hardships. He rose above that to become world renown in one of the bigggest sports on Earth at the time. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/09/new-biography-examines-life-of-bike-racer-major-taylor/
Why do cyclists spend $5,000 on a bike? Do you think it's absurd?
“Well, there's only one answer. There's only one word. And that's performance.”
This video has been hanging around on YouTube since August, but I just ran across it a couple of days ago.
“It's all about performance. That's the name of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/09/its-all-about-performance/
Not-in-my-backyard naysayers often allege that proposed bicycle trails will ruin the quality of life in their neighborhoods and destroy property values.
But it seems that the opposite is the case in follow-up studies or polls of neighbors.
For instance, the Ithaca (NY) Journal reports that 81% of residents who live next to that city's three main trails say the bike and hike trails improved or greatly improved their neighborhoods. Only 7% of the survey's respondents believe the trails made their neighborhoods worse.
In fact, many neighbors found the trails such an improvement that they use them regularly ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/08/poll-says-bike-and-hike-trails-improve-neighborhoods/
A scenic auto tour through Washington, Idaho and British Columbia is seeing new life as a 280-mile bicycle touring route.
The International Selkirk Loop links the small towns and recreation spots at the foot of the Selkirk Mountains. Because the route follows river and lake valleys, the grades are gentle to moderate with only a few steep climbs.
The newly published “A Cyclist's Guide to the International Selkirk Loop” includes 52 route and elevation maps divided into 50 to 70-mile sections. In addition to the 280-mile main loop, the bike tour maps include six side trips encompassing another 450 miles of riding …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/07/bike-tour-maps-published-for-northwests-selkirk-loop/
The scenic International Selkirk Loop encompasses Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. Originally created for auto tours, the map is being released for bicyclists as well.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/07/selkirk-loop/
When I started this blog nearly 5 years ago, fixies and singlespeeds were the next big thing. A couple of years later it was the line of Coasting bikes that used Shimano's automatic shifting system.
Now I'm reading that there are a half-dozen or more trends happening simultaneously in the bike world.
Browsing the list supplied by Bicycling magazine's Loren Mooney to the Associated Press (“Where bikes are heading, a look at the trends”), I don't see anything particularly revolutionary. Most are bike styles that have been around in this country or elsewhere for years but are now gaining popularity.
Utility bikes: Good for commuting or errand running, they have old-school looks but new generation components. Some come with belt drives instead of chains. The Civia, above, that I shot at the Seattle International Bicycle Expo has a spring attached to the fork that prevents the front wheel from turning when you're loading the basket. They look like something you'd see in Amsterdam …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/07/bike-trends-come-and-go-whats-the-haps-now/
The Specialized Sirrus is in the fitness bike category — a cross between a road bike and a mountain bike.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/07/specialized-sirrus/
This has to be a sad day in down in Shiner, Texas, population 2,070. It looks like native son Lance Armstrong has jilted good-old Texas-brewed Shiner Bock for Michelob Ultra.
Armstrong has signed a 3-year agreement to be the pitchman for the light beer brand owned by Belgium-based brewing giant Anheuser Busch InBev. The cyclist was in St. Louis on Tuesday to announce the partnership at an Anheuser-Busch sales and marketing event.
But we thought Shiner Bock was his favorite beer.
Armstrong will appear in two TV commercials entitled “Little Bumps” and “Escalator” that will be aired beginning in 2010. His likeness also will appear with Michelob Ultra print ads, packaging and sales displays …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/10/07/lance-armstrong-switches-beer-shiner-out-ultra-in/
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